An American man gets on a train in France with a third-class ticket on his way to Orleans. Inside the train compartment where he sits, there are three others — a peasant man, his wife, and his daughter. The daughter stares angrily out the window and the peasant man begins to smoke and talk to the American man, not knowing that the American cannot understand him very well. The American offers the peasant man an American cigarette, which the peasant man is very excited about. The peasant man asks him where he is going, and the American answers in French, though the man cannot understand him well. The peasant man’s daughter, however, clarifies what the American is saying and tells her father that the man is clearly a foreigner and that his French is fine. The American talks briefly with the man about America and then the French man begins to point outside the window at the sun, the rain, and the earth and says each one in French. The American repeats after him and the peasant man says he will learn French in no time. The daughter gets angry at her father and says the American already speaks French well and that her father is stupid. As they get off the train the peasant man shows the American which train he will be taking and then points to the sun and says it in French. The American repeats the word which makes the man happy. As he gets on the train he waves to the family until they disappear from sight.